English Explanatory Dictionary

-tron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to name various electronic and neutronic devices.
  2. Used to name a number of subatomic particles.
  3. Used to name a number of particle accelerators.
  4. Used to name a number of machine learning algorithms.

Word forms

-tron -trons

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)bor. English -tron Borrowed from Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron), a suffix denoting an instrument, as in Ancient Greek ἄροτρον (árotron, “plow”). The word cyclotron in particular has served as a motivation for use in high-technology terms. Compare also electron (and electronic), which is unrelated to the -τρον suffix.

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